How to Grow More Food with Less

How to Grow More Food with Less

If you’re not careful and use effective methods, growing food can quickly seem like a parasite on your wallet and schedule—before you know it, you’ve spent hundreds of dollars on tools, seeds, fertilizers, and costly mistakes. But, what if you could grow more with...
How to Grow More Food with Season Extension

How to Grow More Food with Season Extension

It seems like an inhospitable place for growing, but some northern gardeners practically thrive in cold climates. Even with short summers and long winters, they’re still producing food. How? They use season extension. Whether you live in the frigid north or in a...
How to Grow More Food, Starting Today

How to Grow More Food, Starting Today

Why grow your own food? Many people—people from many different backgrounds and locales—are starting to ask that very question. And, after all, it is a good one. When grocery stores surround us and nearly every food delicacy imaginable is just within arm’s reach, why...
What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You

What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You

If there’s one thing that I’ve learned as a gardener, entrepreneur and homesteader (and one who’s interviewed many dozens of homesteaders the past few years), it’s that what you don’t know can hurt you. Mistakes cost you time, money, and resources. And, failing...
Why Produce Your Own Food?

Why Produce Your Own Food?

It all started when I was just a baby, and it has followed me all over the country since. Today, I’m passing on this important love to my own children. What am I talking about? Producing my own healthy food. Let me ask you a question to prove my point: Are you really...
We Have a BIG Problem

We Have a BIG Problem

We have a BIG problem. In modern America, most of us buy almost everything we need—everyday items like food, water, and building supplies. We produce less and less of what we consume, but we keep consuming more and more! Local, sustainable production is nearly a...